European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

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Council of Europe treaty human rights instrument international treaty multilateral treaty

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages is a Council of Europe treaty aimed at protecting and promoting historical regional and minority languages across member states.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe treaty → human rights instrument → international treaty → multilateral treaty →
adoptedBy	Council of Europe →
adoptedByBody	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe →
adoptionDate	1992-11-05 →
aimsTo	promote the use of regional and minority languages in public and private life → protect historical regional and minority languages in Europe → safeguard Europe’s cultural heritage →
appliesTo	historical minority languages → historical regional languages →
coversPolicyArea	administrative authorities and public services → cultural activities and facilities → economic and social life → education → judicial authorities → media → transfrontier exchanges →
depository	Secretary General of the Council of Europe →
draftedIn	English → French →
enteredIntoForceDate	1998-03-01 →
establishesBody	Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →
excludes	dialects of the official language that are not distinct languages → languages of recent immigrants → non-territorial languages unless explicitly covered →
fullName	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →
geographicalScope	member states of the Council of Europe →
hasPart	Part I – General provisions → Part II – Objectives and principles → Part III – Measures for the promotion of regional or minority languages → Part IV – Control mechanisms → Part V – Final provisions →
legalStatus	binding on ratifying states →
monitoringMechanism	Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe →
openedForSignatureDate	1992-11-05 →
placeOfAdoption	France → Strasbourg →
promotesPrinciple	facilitation and encouragement of the use of regional or minority languages in public life → non-discrimination of speakers of regional or minority languages → respect for the geographical area of each language →
relatedTo	Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities →
requires	periodic state reports on implementation → selection of specific undertakings by each state for each language →
shortName	ECRML →
subjectMatter	linguistic rights → protection of minority languages → protection of regional languages →
typeOfRight	collective cultural right →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kven people → Saterland Frisian → Sorbian languages → Sorbs →	protectedBy
Dutch Low Saxon → Frisian languages → Sami → Sardinian language →	recognizedBy
ECRML → European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →	fullName
Scots → Scottish Gaelic →	recognizedUnder
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →	appliesTo
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →	basedOn
States Parties to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →	definedBy
Part IV – Control mechanisms →	enteredIntoForceWith
Council of Europe →	hasInstrument
Kven language →	hasMinorityLanguageStatusUnder
Council of Europe →	hasTreaty
Low German →	isProtectedUnder
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages →	legalBasis
Council of Europe treaty monitoring system →	monitors
Part IV – Control mechanisms →	partOf
FCNM →	relatedInstrument
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 →	relatedTo